Democrats Bar States Rights Members From Meeting
Washington August 13 The Democratic national committee barred its states fighter members from the next meeting to elect a successor to Chairman J Howard McGrath McGrath announced Louisiana and Mississippi delegates would not be invited to the August 24 session Boyle is slated to take over the chairmans job while McGrath becomes attorney general The status of Alabama and South Carolina members is unclear with Strom Thurmond noted as a candidate for another ticket and Marion Rushton having resigned in Alabama Capitol Hill
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
States
J. Howard McGrath
McGrath
Louisiana
Mississippi
William M. Boyle, Jr
Alabama
South Carolina
States’ Rights Party
National
J. Strom Thurmond
Anne A. Agnew
Columbia
Marion Rushton
Capitol Hill
Greenwich mother poisons daughter then dies in cyanide action
Mrs. Mary Schimmel 41 admitted poisoning her daughter Barbara and then killed herself. Detective Capt. Healey said she served poisoned lemon soda and cocoa to three daughters, with Barbara dying and Jeanne and Katherine surviving after observation. The family kept cyanide in the home, and the motive remains undisclosed.
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Greenwich
Conn
Mary Schimmel
James P. Healey
Schimme
Eugene
Schimmel
Barbara
Capt. Healey
Twin Cities Heat Record Sparks Forecast for Showers
A hot Sunday in the Twin Cities with a forecast of scattered afternoon showers follows yesterday’s sweltering heat. City hall reported 106 degrees while Selman field logged 74.2 to %9 degrees amid cooler field readings.
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Twin Cities
Selman Field
Two Major Earthquakes Detected Near Berkeley
University of California instruments recorded two large earthquakes on August 13. One event occurred at 10 37 57 a m Pacific time about 6000 miles away and another at 3 28 07 p m the previous day some 6200 miles distant. Direction undetermined for both.
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Berkley
Calif
University of California
S. T
Nine-Point Europe Program Advances Unity Drive
The Council of Europe adopts a nine point plan to unite war torn Europe. It adds six points to three initial ideas and excludes military topics and Irish partition from debate. Eamon De Valera fails to place Northern Ireland issue on the agenda amid British opposition.
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Frank O'Brien
Strasbourg
France
Council of Europe
Council
Committee of Ministers
Europe
Consultative Assembly
Ministers’ Committee
Winston Churchill
Assembly
Committee
Ireland
Eamon de Valera
Britain
Northern Ireland
de Valera
United Kingdom
England
Scotland
Wales
Twin City Bargain Days to Kick Off Monday
Monday and Tuesday are designated Twin City Bargain Days announced by Herbert Fink chair of the Retail Merchants Division of the Chamber of Commerce. Local merchants offer many bargains and new merchandise at reduced prices with emphasis on summer apparel. The event aims to attract shoppers from northeast Louisiana and coincides with plans for a mammoth Christmas parade in late November or early December featuring enlarged balloon figures.
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Twin City
Herbert Fink
Chamber of Commerce
Twin Cities
Fink
One Sixth Of N J C Budget Goes For Athletics
Dean Rodney Cline outlined Northeast Junior College athletic finances showing a 1949 50 budget of 31530 dollars, about one sixth of the college total, funded by Louisiana State University with a typical annual shortfall near 10000 dollars. He noted most funds support football and that expansion requires higher revenues or seating or ticket prices.
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N. J.C
Cline
Northeast Junior College
Rodney Cline
Dr. Cline
Brownfield
Louisiana State University
Germans Vote For New West German Parliament
In western Germany, 45 million residents in three zones prepare to elect a four member parliament to establish a new west German republic. The campaign heated by violence and anti allied rhetoric ends with a radio appeal for freedom as the first federal vote since the Nazi era nears.
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Hitler
Donald Doane
Frankfurt
Germany
Man misleads by following truck to Jackson Mississippi
A. A. Cohn asked directions to Jackson Street in Memphis and followed a trucker who claimed to head there. The driver led him through several towns until realizing Cohn was being sent toward Jackson, Mississippi, over 200 miles away.
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Memphis
A. A. Cohn
Jackson Street
Jackson
Controversy Over ANMS Bill and RFC Loans
Senator Maybank accused the administration of sidestepping Congress by using an RFC loan to fund arms for Western Europe. RFC officials were summoned for a Monday hearing as discussions floated borrowing up to 800 million dollars to launch the foreign military aid program pending congressional approval.
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Washington
Maybank
D-S. C
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Acheson
Banking Committee
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Congressional Appropriations Committees
Advontes
Conservationists Plan Annual Meet at Corney Lake
Kent Leavitt of Millbrook New York will speak at the tenth annual meeting of the D'Arbonne Soil Conservation district near Bernice Louisiana. The event opens at 4 p m with a fire fighting equipment exhibit sponsored by the Louisiana forest commission. Fifty farmers will receive certificates of award from Louisiana bankers, including J. C. from the Bernice Work Unit.
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Kent Leavitt
Millbrook
N. Y
D’arbonne Soil Conservation District
Corney Lake
Bernice
Leavitt
National Association of Soil Conservation District Supervisors
W. T. Nolin
S. C. S. District
Louisiana Forest Commission
Louisiana
Bernice Work Unit
J. C
Train and car collide at Winnsboro crossing
A Missouri Pacific Doodlebug train struck a 1940 Oldsmobile at a Winnsboro crossing injuring a woman, Mrs True Lofton, and her infant. The mother sustained minor bruises while the baby suffered facial cuts and was treated at Winnsboro Hospital before release.
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Winnsboro
Missouri Pacific
True Lofton
George Ferrington
Senate Farm Price Bill Faces Fresh Dispute Over Surplus Disposal
Senate Agriculture Committee debates a compromise farm price support bill amid objections by Chairman Elmer Thomas over disposal measures for cotton, wheat, tobacco, eggs, and potatoes. The plan adds an assistant secretary of agriculture for sales and aims to move surplus stock to needed areas both domestically and abroad.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Elmer Thomas
D.okla
Sam
Thomas
Anderson
Congress
Department
Air Force to Launch Aerobee Rocket Tests 75 Miles High
The Air Force announced a two year rocket research program at Holloman AFB New Mexico to probe the upper atmosphere 75 miles above Earth. The Aerobee rockets will reach 150 to 200 pounds of scientific instruments including self recording and telemetering gear to send data to ground teams.
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Washington
Air Force
Navy
Holloman Air Force Base
Almagordo
N. M
Spooks Sought for Wide Parapsychology Survey
Washington August 13 The Society of Parapsychology seeks reports of unexplained phenomena that defy normal physics. President Richard C Darnell invites detailed accounts from readers, to be sent to 915 18th Street NW Washington or Duke University Parapsychology Laboratory.
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Richard C. Darnell
Society of Parapsychology
Darnell
18Th Street
N. W
Washington
Duke University
Racial conflict erupts in Birmingham bombing of ministers homes
In Birmingham Alabama on August 13 two bombs exploded near Negro ministers E B Deyampert and Milton Curry in a white zoned area. No injuries were reported though windows broke and two houses suffered damage. One man was arrested for disobeying an officer.
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Birmingham
Ala
E. B. Deyampert
Reyampert
Milton Curry
Deyampert
Devampert
Pending Bill Expands Hospitals in La and Miss area
Senate approved measure would double and extend the five year hospital program boosting federal aid. Louisiana and Mississippi would see higher annual totals and state shares shift toward two thirds of project costs for Southern states. Mississippi now has 67 approved projects totaling about 21.5 million dollars with federal aid near 7 million. Senator Stennis sought retroactivity but was defeated. Continued on Gerenth Page.
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Gordon Brown
Washington
Louisiana
Mississippi
House
Senate
Congress
Stennis
D-Miss
Vaughan Admits Receiving Freezers in Gift Ties
Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan acknowledged accepting deep freeze units as gifts for himself and friends, including to the Little White House in Independence Missouri and to White House staff. He denied impropriety and noted sendings to Vinson Snyder Vardaman and Connelly. Snyder denied receiving any freezer.
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Albert J. Gross
Milwaukee
Senate
Washington
Harry Vaughan
Truman
Albert Verly Company
Chicago
Investgaton
Francis J. Kelly Washington
Harry H. Vaughan
White House
Independence
Fred Vinson
John Snyder
James K. Vardaman
Matthew J. Connelly
Vinson
United States
Snyder
Treasury
Vardaman
Federal Reserve System
Connelly
Mundt
Vaughan
Harry Hoffman
David Bennett
Hoffman
Bennett
Albert Verley Co
Albert Gross
Verley Company
John Maragon
Verley Concern
Charity nursing program to start at Northwestern State College
The E A Conway Memorial Hospital will join Northwestern State College in a fall nursing program. Contracts were signed between the hospital and the college with board chair C T Salley and Dr G W McGinty approving. Five scholarships valued at 500 dollars cover most costs for qualified nursing students.
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E. A. Conway Memorial Hospital
Northwestern State College
C. P. Gray, Jr
Monroe
School Days Are Here Again
Local notice urges readers to sell unused bicycles via the NEWS STAR WORLD WANT AD. For a small daily fee, reach hundreds of readers who shop the WANT ADS to buy what they need and sell what they no longer use.
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News - Star
Want Ads Offer Help with Quick, Low-Cost Writing Service
An advertisement prompts readers to call 4800 for assistance from an experienced Ad Taker. the notice highlights a low-time rate and cancellation privileges to encourage placing ads.
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Barbara Malabre
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Gerenth
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